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Top 10 cities to visit in 2019 of Lonely Planet

adminOctober 23, 2018

The street food scene in Copengagen is booming in Refshaleøen, an old industrial area with a food and craft market, Reffen. The Tivoli Gardens theme park (one of the oldest in the world) offers a winter season in February, says Tom Hall, editorial director of Lonely Planet.

There is a new artificial ski slope and a hiking area on top of a waste management center, and the Danish Architecture Center has moved to BLOX, the cultural center of Rem Koolhaas.

Noma, the restaurant that officially put New Nordic cuisine on the world stage, returned triumphantly to Copenhagen in 2018.

But beyond the new and the bold, Copenhagen is one of those cities where you can never run out of things to do.

Our council Use the Danish capital as your base of operations for day trips to Roskilde, home to Roskilde Cathedral, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, where the queens and kings of Denmark are buried: Malmö, Sweden; and the impressive Louisiana Museum.

Why visit these cities?

The list of the 10 best offers a combination of known and less known places: popular cities that are already receiving attention for their attractions and events; Villages off the beaten path that deserve a second look; and cities that have suffered natural disasters and deserve our focused attention.

For year 14, Lonely Planet publishers solicited nominations from their employees and hundreds of collaborators from around the world and selected 10 cities, regions, countries and destinations of value to recommend for their selections of 2019 Best in Travel.

"The best thing about travel is the annual Lonely Planet council on where to travel, every year," says Hall. "We are interested in places that offer great value and, above all, we want to give the best guidance on why now is a good time to go to a particular place."

Those places include the second place Shēnzhèn, China; Novi Sad, Serbia in third place; Miami, Florida in fourth place; and Kathmandu, Nepal completing the first five.

The Chinese city of the future

While most visitors to China want to explore the capital Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong, Shēnzhèn is leaving its mark as a city of the future with "hypermodern architecture, innovative environmental practices and a lot of design openings, all connected with the neighbor Hong Kong, by high-speed train, "says Hall.

There is also a booming art and design scene, excellent food options, a fun club and a musical scene and extravagant theme parks.

"It's the place to meet modern China, close enough to easily combine with Hong Kong, and a place that, although most people would not have considered visiting in the past, is a destination for the future," he says.

It will be an even easier weekend trip from Hong Kong when the new bullet train opens by the end of 2018, which will reduce travel time between Hong Kong and Shēnzhèn to about 20 minutes.

Music fans already love the second city of Serbia

Although Novi Sad is not as well known as the capital of Belgrade, it is much more current. Nicknamed "Athens of Serbia", it is the home of the annual EXIT festival, which is held every July in the Petrovaradin Fortress, which dates back to the 18th century (and which is worth a visit).

The festival contributes to a vibrant musical and artistic scene and to a youth oriented environment. Next year, Novi Sad will be the European Youth Capital of 2019. It can be a practice by 2021, when the city will celebrate the prestigious title of European Capital of Culture.

Gateway to Latin America

With its stunning beaches, the South Beach scene and the artistic scene mixed with Cuban cultures and other cultures of the Caribbean and Latin America, Miami is animated with something for everyone.

After a devastating earthquake, rebirth.

Three years after he was hit by a devastating earthquake, Kathmandu is welcoming visitors to a city that is much quieter, by design.

"It remains the gateway to the Himalayas, with medieval architecture, excellent food and nightlife, and an increase in wellness offerings," says Hall.

"It's also much quieter than it has been in the past with cars banned in the historic center and motor horns banned in the Kathmandu valley," says Hall.

It also hosts the South Asian Games in 2019.

"Lonely Planet has a warm historical link to Kathmandu and Nepal, so I was very pleased to see us talk about the city's continued recovery after the 2015 earthquake," says Hall.